Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-19
STREET RAILWAYS.
PRIVILEGES ASKED By THREE CON.
PAsIIs 10 BUN CARS.
Common Council Meeting Last Night
Action Postponed Until Regular
Meeting Hsxt Month.

Council was held last night to receive
the report of the Committee on Streets
presenting certain ordinances concern
ing street-ra'lway privileges asked.
There were present Messrs. Bethel
(president). Bodeker. Bowden, Con-
ner, Cutcbins, Ferriter, Hayes, Hud-
nall, HUGHES, Kaufman, Bendler,
Lange, Molloy, Murphy, Owen, Para
ter, Parrish, and Pizzini.
The report recommended that
The Richmond Union Passenger Rail-
way Company be ganted permission to
construct and operate additional routes.
The Richmond City Railway Com
pany be allowed to extend its tracks on
certain conditions.
Ard that the Manchester Railway
and improvement Com oany be per-
mittod to build and operate o street
railway in the city OF Richmond.
TIE report was received and con-
sideration of the ordinf 1ces was post
poned rniil the next regular meeting
of the Colncil, s1 ordinance OF tie
city preventing them from teing final
ly acsed on at The meeting at which the
report is made.
RoUTEs-IHE ELECTRIC LINE.
The Union Passenger Company
wants to ley double track connected
with and continuing its present tracks
from Seventeenth and Franklin streets
alorg Seventeenth to Cary; thence
westwardly along Cary to Fifteenth;
thence southwardly on Fifteenth to
Dock; ther G along Dock to Four
teenth thence along Fourteenth to
and across Mayo's bridge. Also, along
Fourteenth northwardly to Mill /;
thence westwardly along Mill to Vir-
ginia; therce southwardly on Virginia
to and across the bridge and along the
roadway along the south bank of TIE
mill-rate of the Hayqll Milling Com
pany to Twelfth (subject to any private
rights thereby afected); thence west
wardly alorg Byrd to Tenth; the zee
northw ardly on Tenth to Canal thence
westwerdly on Canal to Seventh /;
thence northwardly on Seventh to
Gerry; theuce westwardly on Cary to
Reservoir street.
The company also asks to construct
and operete in connection with its pres
ent lines single track from Clay
street northwardly along Brook aver ne
to Baker; thence eastwG -dly a'ong
Baker to st. Paul, and to colnect with
tie present lines Of the co npany ut
that poipt also, an extension of is
double track from Seventh aud Frank
lin soathwardly on Seventh to It's p.o-
posed line of double track on Seventh
f1d Cary.
THE CITY COMPANY.
The City Railway Company wish
to be allowed to run double track,
connecting with its present line at
Broad and Laurel streets thence along
Broad to the point where the corpora.
ton line of the city OF Richmond
crosses Broad between ] )mbardy and
Vine single track connecting with
its Broad treet tracks at the intersec-
ton of Brook avenue; thence olt
Brook avenue to the point where the
corporation line OF the city of Rich
mond crosses Brook ayenueswest Of
Moore street.
THE MANCHESTER COMPANY.
The Manchester Railway and I'M
proyement Company ask that it be
given the following route: A single or
dolble tr~ ok '-om James yer along
Fourteenth street to Dock street thence
with a single track along said Four
tel tn TO Exchange alley or some point
between said alley and Main street ;
thence with single or doIble track
along said fourteenth to Broad thence
across Broad to College ; thence along
College to Marshall thence along Mar
shall to Eighth ; thence along Eighth
TO the northern boundary of Broad.
Also across Mayo's bridge, or any other
bridge except the Free bridge.
CONNECTING THEIR TRACKS.
TIE Union Passenger Railway Com
pany put force of hands TO work last
night after II o'clock TO make the con
noclion of their track across Ninth
street between Franklin and Bank
street. The work was began after the
cars Of the Richmond City Railway
Company had stopped running, as the
LAYING Of the new track necessitatcd
the temporary taking up of portion
of the Ninth-street track.